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Adventures of Sonny and Buddy

1935–1936 · 43 episodes · 4 listens

Radio must have been in his blood, because Sam Edwards went on to have a flourishing career in radio. Their father, Jack Edwards senior took on all the adult roles and their mother Edna Parks wrote the stories for each show.

Another series, The Edwards Family, was based on the life and times of this actual family - parents, Edna Parks and Jack Edwards Senior, sister Florida and brothers, Jack and Edward all starring in the series.

Cast & Crew

EEdna ParksWriterJJack EdwardsActorSSam EdwardsActorJJack Edwards SrActor

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Episodes

Apr 12, 1936 · 12:12
While inspecting the office of Jim's old night club sonny and Buddy were suddenly surprised by two of Jim's old…
Apr 19, 1936 · 12:00
We left Sonny and Buddy in a dangerous spot. As they started for the hotel they saw the gangsters yellow sedan…
Apr 26, 1936 · 13:00
After following the green lines on the map Sonny and Buddy dug deep in to the soft earth underneath the furnace in the…
Aug 16, 1936 · 12:56
The big question which seems to be worrying Sonny and Buddy as well as the rest of adventurers is whether Betty will…
Aug 2, 1936 · 13:14
In the last chapter the sheriff yelled at Charcoal that some little boys had unlocked the door to the lions cage and…
Aug 23, 1936 · 11:00
Last night Doc received a telegram from mexico City stating that his wire to the lawyer had been undelivered. That…
Aug 30, 1936 · 11:55
Our picnic party has not been such a success so far. While Betty was spreading out the lunch Sonny and Buddy went in…
Aug 9, 1936 · 13:06
We had lots of excitement before the escaped lion was herded in to a vacant store and Charcoal ran the cage up to the…
Dec 15, 1935 · 12:00
The sheriff has accused everyone in the party of being under suspicion of the murder of Jim but Sonny and Buddy finally…
Feb 10, 1935 · 13:01
Betty screamed after seeing a face at the window and then she fainted. In this episode we learn just what Betty saw at…
Feb 16, 1936 · 12:00
The bag containing the $900 had been sewn in to the lining of a checked suit for extra safety but had then been…
Feb 17, 1935 · 11:24
The medicine show doctor has hired a smuggler to take Sonny, Buddy and Charco across the Rio Grande River in to Mexico.
Feb 2, 1936 · 11:47
Sonny and Buddy led the detective to the cave where they found the wounded gangster. The detective learned that a woman…
Feb 23, 1936 · 15:00
The black and white check suit has finally been found and to add to the mystery a woman was wearing it. $900 was…
Feb 24, 1935 · 12:00
Sonny and Buddy are finally on the Mexico side of the River after swimming to shore to escape armed smugglers.
Feb 3, 1935 · 13:00
The medicine show doctor who kidnapped Sonny and Buddy is now dealing with his own kind as the border bandits have…
Feb 9, 1936 · 11:59
Sonny and Buddy finally receive their $900 reward money and were happy in the thought that with what Betty had saved…
Jan 13, 1935 · 13:00
After Sonny and Buddy stopped to watch a vaudeville show they were invited to sing by the medicine man. They have now…
Jan 19, 1936 · 13:00
Sonny was afraid that Buddy had got trapped in the cave after the explosion but Buddy knows nothing about the explosion…
Jan 20, 1935 · 12:00
The Doctor doesn’t have the $2000 bond he needs to get the boys in to Mexico and the boys think they are going to get…
Jan 26, 1936 · 11:52
Sonny and Buddy certainly gave the sheriff a real surprise when they told him they had found the $500 check at the very…
Jan 27, 1935 · 13:00
Betty helps the boys write a letter letting their mother know they are safe. Later, border bandits kidnap Betty while…
Jul 12, 1936 · 14:12
In the last chapter our adventurers located the boarding house where Betty had been living but hen they arrived they…
Jul 19, 1936 · 12:47
We should have some great excitement with Doc from now on for Doc has added a menagerie to the show and wwe imagine the…
Jul 26, 1936 · 12:33
The search for Betty is over. while Doc was away Sonny, Buddy and Charcoal started the show and as the Calapsy played…
Jul 5, 1936 · 13:46
Leaving the Sheriff, Doc, Sonny and Buddy standing in the road staring after him the robber is speeding away in old…
Mar 1, 1936 · 10:32
Everything should be perfect for Sonny ans Buddy today and all their family should be very happy. With the mystery…
Mar 3, 1935 · 11:15
Sonny, Buddy and Charco after escaping from the smugglers were reunited on the river. However it was only a few minutes…
Mar 8, 1936 · 11:51
After paying off the mortgage Sonny, Buddy and Betty thought they should celebrate so they started in with ice cream…
May 10, 1936 · 11:20
The news that Betty had packed all her clothes left a not for Doc and then disappeared was a great shock to Sonny and…
May 17, 1936 · 12:20
Soon after Bettys disappearance a lawyer appeared and informed Doc and out little adventurers that Betty had inherited…
May 24, 1936 · 13:11
sonny and Buddy were feeling mighty blue about the disappearance of their little friend Betty and just as they were…
May 3, 1936 · 13:00
Sonny, Buddy, the Sheriff and Charcoal had an experience in the cellar of Jim's nightclub that will not soon be…
May 31, 1936 · 11:43
The sheriff thinks he has positive proof that Betty has met with foul play. he told Sonny and Buddy that he found two…
Nov 16, 1936 · 14:00
At last Betty has her money and there is no chance that anyone will take it from her. Sheriff Ebeneezer Velvetbottom…
Nov 23, 1936 · 14:00
We left Sonny and Buddy in a very bad situation the truck had run out of oil and Doc and the sheriff left in search of…
Nov 30, 1936 · 14:00
When we last heard from the sheriff he was proudly showing his new automobile to Sonny, Buddy and Betty. He was greatly…
Nov 9, 1936 · 12:37
The sheriff arrived just in time and captured three gangsters who were trying to rob Doc. Things had not looked very…
Oct 11, 1936 · 12:45
Doc is in receipt of a telegram from the lawyer that states that the lawyer will arrive in town in due time to settle…
Sep 13, 1936 · 15:00
After being rescued from the river Sonny and Buddy return to the house car with their dad and Betty. The sheriff…
Sep 20, 1936 · 15:00
Sonny and Buddy were in a dangerous sot when we left them in the hands of the imitation government detectives who…
Sep 27, 1936 · 15:00
The sheriff and Charcoal were in charge of the two criminals and were supposed to deliver them to the jail but…
Sep 6, 1936 · 13:13
The boys thought that the houseboat was headed straight for the waterfall and they jumped off the back end of the boat…
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